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Julie Caracino, HPC's Director of Research & Standards and Joe Cullen, HPC's Director of Policy & State Outreach talked with Ryan Miller of North Carolina Building Performance Association (NCBPA) on his work with the Triangle Multiple Listing Services to facilitate the accurate valuation of energy efficient homes in North Carolina. Learn what Ryan had to say about these standards, his involvement with NCBPA, and other southeastern states' future involvement. [continue reading]

John Straube is a professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, as well principal and senior building science specialist at RDH Building Science, Inc. He's also one of our featured Legends of Home Performance. [continue reading]

Oak Ridge National Lab has partnered with GAF to host a technology challenge on roofing systems. The challenge is part of the online crowdsourcing site, JUMP, and aims to identify innovation solutions for ensuring energy efficient and durable low-slope roofing systems employing concrete decks.[continue reading]

Danielle Putnam is the president of The New Flat Rate, a menu selling system developed to bridge the gap between 21st-century customers and the service industry. Putnam has experience in everything from business development and management to operations and technology. At The New Flat Rate, she handles the day-to-day operations, marketing, advertising, and quality control.[continue reading]

The Ryerson University and University of Toronto team topped the 2017 U.S. Department of Energy Race to Zero Student Design Competition. They were the grand winners of the event, which was held April 22-23, 2017, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. [continue reading]

You don’t need to spend a great of time deal in the policy world before you hear a conversation about workforce development. In fact, the Energy Upgrade California incentive program was originally created as a workforce development solution. Flashback to 2008, the Great Recession: contractors were out of work and the economy was in a downward spiral. The incoming Obama administration designed a program to stimulate the economy. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...[continue reading]

A new type of conversation between REALTORS® and their clients is changing the real estate industry before our eyes. As homebuyers browse Zillow listings and spend their Sundays visiting open houses, their agents are educating them to evaluate not just curb appeal and square footage, but also utility bill costs, comfort, and health. And homebuyers are listening.[continue reading]

As you may have seen in Amy Beley’s recent blog post, the industry is buzzing after HPC’s 2017 National Home Performance Conference and Trade Show in Nashville. There’s so much energy and excitement brewing around the concept of change. Growth. Possibilities![continue reading]

A project long in the making, we're happy to finally reveal some of our Legends of Home Performance videos. We've been working with videographer Debra Little for almost a year now, and she's had the pleasure of sitting down and hearing the stories of several home performance industry heavy hitters. [continue reading]